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DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav

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8. This could be likely, but it still takes a mentally ill person to jump on the bandwagon.

Reply to rgbecker (Reply #5)

Sun Feb 10, 2013, 02:33 PM

Feb 2013

I'm asking for suggestions,thoughts, ideas on how society can help fix this.

I'll throw one out there. How about we allow anyone with mental health issues access to free mental health care?

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the OP states "When guns are banned"...... hlthe2b Feb 2013 #1

Yes that's what I said. I'm trying to point out that you can ban all the guns you want and the DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav Feb 2013 #2

Only the propaganda wing of the NRA mantains there is any move to "ban all guns" hlthe2b Feb 2013 #3

This is MY talking point. If you wanted to you could take ALL the guns away and STILL until we get DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav Feb 2013 #6

Yeah, we've heard it all time and time again. hlthe2b Feb 2013 #11

Nope, that IS AN NRA TALKING POINT nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #18

"When guns are banned" and When Pigs Fly magical thyme Feb 2013 #26

Your point is doomed to be lost TheKentuckian Feb 2013 #25

Exactly my reaction. Keep pushing the half-wits to react to the guvmint gittin' their guns, then brewens Feb 2013 #4

"capping a months-long undercover investigation" rgbecker Feb 2013 #5

This could be likely, but it still takes a mentally ill person to jump on the bandwagon. DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav Feb 2013 #8

Well you've identified two possible motivations.... rgbecker Feb 2013 #16

How to handle this? Don't let the FBI bait mentally ill people into attempting bombings? Lone_Star_Dem Feb 2013 #7

Agree, mentally ill people are going to be the most vulnerable and the Feds are famous for DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav Feb 2013 #9

We need to fix our mental health system. Lone_Star_Dem Feb 2013 #12

Did I miss something?...when are guns going to be banned? jmg257 Feb 2013 #10

My point is that we need to get to the root cause. We can ban guns, swords and forks for that matter DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav Feb 2013 #15

not true our family will soon be homeless we visited a family shelter rbrnmw Feb 2013 #27

Let me get this straight,are you saying that libtodeath Feb 2013 #13

No, I'm saying they'll be making bombs one way or the other, each trying to beat out the last for DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav Feb 2013 #20

But what of those without mental health issues that see a gun as a means to an end? libtodeath Feb 2013 #28

We may have misunderstood the meaning of the op here. I'll try to clarify...... wandy Feb 2013 #14

Well you lost me before the middle of your first paragraph. Skidmore Feb 2013 #17

I implied that no matter what we do, or what we ban these things will continue to happen until we DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav Feb 2013 #19

You see mental illness as the root of this is also an NRA talking point. nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #22

How you keep connecting an exploited mentally ill person in the article to being the problem... Lone_Star_Dem Feb 2013 #23

So the FBI worked a mentally ill person for months DirkGently Feb 2013 #21

+1 n/t Catherina Feb 2013 #24

But Endless and Unlimited Funding is soooo cool DollarBillHines Feb 2013 #30

Man utterly fails to harm anyone, ThatPoetGuy Feb 2013 #29